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Beehive, Stainton
Beehive
civil parish:-   Stainton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   inn (ex) 
coordinates:-   SD54328969
1Km square:-   SD5489
10Km square:-   SD58

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 13) 
placename:-  Beehive
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Beehive (P.H.)"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Bee Hive
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5SD58NW.jpg
"Bee Hive"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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